Planting

Split Hello Yellow and put some in the Big Trees and Birds garden. Also weeded the front and put down milorganite. Trimmed a few shrubs.

Propagation

I took cuttings of Coral Bean.

Planting

I planted White Profusion Butterfly Bush in the Inbetween Garden and Pow Wow White Coneflower in the Pool Lawn Border. I planted Kosteri Falsecypress in the Triangle Island Garden.

Planting

I planted Lady of Shalott and Gertrude Jekyll Roses in the Around The Pool garden and moved Agapanthus to the Octagonal Perennial Garden.

Planting

I planted El Sureno, Lee Reinke, Pueblo Dancer and Buttered Popcorn Daylilies in the Pool Lawn Border along with Pow Wow Wild Berry Echinacea in the Five Trees Garden. I planted Georgia Gee Whiz and Rosy Outlook Daylilies in the Around The Pool garden.

Mow and edged

Did all lawns.

Planting

I planted Pinckneya bracteata in the new croquet lawn bed.

Planting

I planted Coal Miner Elephant Ear and Yellow Canna that I grew from seed in the Gumball Border Garden.

Planting

I planted Daylilies Sword of Honor, Firefly Frenzy, Geneva Hot Wired, Popeye the Sailor, Regal Majesty, Blueberry Frost, Prudhoe and Pale Moon Windmill in the Around The Pool garden, Lord of Rings and Storm Damage in the Helipad And Tiers and Viking Magic, Polar Ice, Dragon Flight and Jolly Red Giant in the Pool Lawn Border. I moved Queen Mum Agapanthus to the Octagonal Perennial Garden and a Veronica from there to the Pool Lawn Border. I dug up the Cannas I grew from seed in the Around The Pool garden as well as Adorned Angel and Prairie Wildfire Daylilies.

Planting and weeding

I planted daylilies China Bride and Purple Pinwheel in the Pool Lawn Border and Open Hearth, Newberry Echo, Something Different and Rocket City in the Helipad And Tiers garden. I planted Erythrina crista-galli in the Big Trees and Birds garden. I planted Irises Devil's Riot in the Abelias Border Garden, Bountiful Harvest, Clarence and Witch's Wand in the Blue Bird Perennials garden, Boogie Woogie in the Ornamental Grasses Border and 4 Lexi in the Golf Course Hedge. I also weeded the golf course hedge at the lower end.

Hardscaping

I finished off the croquet lawn stone border and started on the raised bed in the middle.

Mow and edge

Mowed and edged all gardens.

Planting

I planted My Monet Weigela, Bagatelle Barberry in the One Of Everything garden. I dug up the sedum that was going crazy around a Viburnum and replanted some in the Big Trees and Birds garden along with Sedum linear Sea Urchin. I took two Caryopteris Longwood Blue cuttings and potted them up. I potted up what was left of Gold Flame Spiraea after being overtaken by the sedum.

Planting and transplanting

I planted Salvia koyaume in the Screen Porch Garden, Gillenia trifoliata, Blue Diddley Vitex, Goliath Boxwood and Patrinia scabiosifolia in the Big Trees and Birds garden, Symphytum Goldsmith in the Camellias And More garden, Yellow Bletilla, Basil and Begonia in the Courtyard and Magnolia Centennial in the Wild Or Wacky garden. I moved Blue Sue Purpleheart to the Big Trees and Birds garden.

Mow

Mowed and edged all lawns.

Fertilzer

Fertilized all lawns.

Planting

I planted Erica x darleyensis 'Silberschmeize' in the Wild Or Wacky garden, Viburnum x juddii in the Five Trees Garden, Trochodendron aralioides in the Golf Course Hedge, Rhamnus 'Fine Line' in the Turret Front Garden, Ilex vomitoria 'Gold Top' in the Hide The Hydrant garden, Dryopteris x australis in the Big Trees and Birds and Caryopteris x clandonensis 'Lisauraa' in the Golf Course Hedge.

Planting

I planted Abraham Darby and Georgetown Tea Roses in the Around The Pool garden and Easy Does It Rose in the Pool Lawn Border, Calycanthus chinensis in the Camellias And More garden and Spiraea virginians and Viburnum plicatum 'Mary Milton' in the Gumball Border Garden.

Fertilizer

Fertilized the whole garden with Nursery Special or 16-4-8.

Pruning

I cut all the dead wood off the Clemson Bottlebrush, White Chocolate Crape Myrtle and Teucrium fruticans.

Planting

I planted Teasing Georgia and Pompon Verandah roses in the Pool Lawn Border, Green Ice and Green Rose in the Daylily Fountain Garden, Hibiscus grandiflorus in the Around The Pool Garden, The Dark Lady Rose in the Helipad And Tiers garden, Abutilon Souvenir de Bonne and Alocasia Zulu Mask in the Daylily Fountain garden. I moved Love The Sun Iris to the Golf Course Hedge and two Soft Touch Holly to the Five Trees Garden. I moved Podocarpus macrophyllus Royal Flush to the Camellias and More garden and planted Calycanthus Aphrodite and Tradescantia cerinthoides there also. I planted Green's Blues Camellia in the Camellias And More garden, Silphium perfoliatum in the Golf Course Hedge, Kolkwitzia Pink Cloud in the Big Trees and Birds garden and moved Elegantissima Boxwood to the In Between Garden. I planted Thujopsis dolabrata var. hondae in the Camellias And More garden.

Planting

I planted 7 new Firepower Nandinas in front - replacing two which were straggly - and putting those two in the One Of Everything garden.

Lime

Finished liming the whole garden. 6 bags in total for the whole space.

Planting

I planted Baptisia tinctoria in the Golf Course Hedge, Aster divaricata in the Camellias And More garden, Iceberg Rose in the Pool Lawn Border, Sesleria autumnalis in the Gumball Border Garden, Sesleria caerula in the One Of Everything garden. I planted Tagetees Lemmonii in the Pool Lawn Border and Hibiscus acetosella 'Panama Red'.

Planting

I planted Miscanthus sinensis 'Purpurascens' in the Ornamental Grasses Border and moved 'Morning Light' and Panicum virgatum 'Rotstrahlbusch' there also. I moved 'Superstripe' to the Golf Course Hedge. I planted Polystichum polyblepharum in the Almost Shade Garden, Vitex trifolia 'Variegata' in the Helipad And Tiers, Glyptostrobus pensilis in the Mailbox Garden and I moved Shoal Creek Vitex to the Wild Or Wacky garden. I moved Bouteloua gracilis and Acorus calamus 'Variegata' to the One Of Everything garden and Acorus gramineus 'Variegata' and 'Ogon' to the Camellias And More garden. I planted Sparking Sangria Loropetalum in the Big Trees and Birds garden.

Planting

I planted Penstemon laevigatus in the Pool Lawn Border, Cuphea Plum Mist in the Helipad And Tiers, Thuja occidentals 'Linesville', Little Gem Thuja and Justin Brouwers Boxwood in the One Of Everything garden. I planted Scarlet Storm Quince and Angelica Blue Juniper in the Big Trees and Birds garden. I also dug up pieces of Lisaura Caryopteris.

Hardscape

Finally finished the path from the garage to the pool gate.

Planting

I planted Epimedium grandiflorum 'Lilafee' in the Front Foundation Hedge, Thuja occidentals 'Rheingold' in the In Between Garden, Thermopsis villosa and Lantana camera 'Miss Huff Pink' in the Blue Bird Perennials garden, Lantana camara 'Yellow Buzz', Berberis x gladwynensis 'William Penn', Thuja occidentals 'Little Gem' in the One Of Everything garden, Spiraea prunifolia 'Plena' in the Golf Course Hedge, Grandma's Yellow Rose in the Pool Lawn Border and Chrysanthemum rebellum 'Clara Curtis' in the Five Trees Garden.

Hardscape

Removed the wood around the octagonal perennial garden and replaced it with small blocks.

Planting

Planted Iris Ikeda Sunbeam in the Five Trees Garden, Lomatia myricoides in the Courtyard, potted up the Bletilla in the courtyard and planted Bletilla striata 'Albo-marginata' in its place, planted Nepeta 'Blue Lagoon' and Chamaecyparis pisifera 'Lemon Yellow' in the One Of Everything garden. Potted up Campylotropis macrocarpa because it was being eaten last year by rabbits.

Mulch and weeding

Mulched and weeded the Triangle Island Garden, 2/3 of the Five Trees Garden, Turret Front Garden.

Mulch and weeding

Mulched and weeded the One of Everything and Mail Box Garden.

Lime

Used 2.5 bags of lime to do almost all the front garden. 1 cup for 10 sq. ft.

Pre-emergent

Preemergent on all lawns.

Loquat and Buddleja

Removed the major branches from the Loquat which was broken in the ice storm. Also the Buddleja cordite in the In Between Garden.

Prune roses

Pruned all roses.